Looking for an alternative for struggling boys in Montana? Perhaps you will consider Heartland Boys Academy, a low-cost Christian boarding school in Western Kentucky. Heartland is an alternative year-round boarding school serving boys from Montana.

Heartland Boys Academy accepts underperforming boys from across America, including from Montana. It is a faith-based boarding school that uses adventure as a powerful therapeutic tool for turning around negatively motivated boys. We are an early intervention school with a purpose to lead wayward boys to realize their individual purpose, or destiny, in Christ.

Heartland exclusively serves troubled or struggling boys. Parents of these boys find it valuable for their boy to grow in a new environment here at Heartland that is detached from negative influences back home in Montana. We display love and respect to disrespectful and difficult boys who are in need of a better life perspective including a new spiritual focus in life. Our mentoring and encouragement brings about transformation where there was once only negative motivations and an impasse in the relationship with their parents.

Accredited School for Adolescents from Montana

Our commitment to a quality education is also a top priority. Heartland Boys Academy is a fully accredited private school that operates under a program of independent study with tutelage. Students complete courses at their own pace, with weekly objectives established by tutors based on the student’s program of study. Heartland also encourages students to work toward post-secondary goals by offering assistance with college testing.

Students from Montana, who come here achieve quick progress towards successful high school completion and beyond. Our partnership with Edgenuity facilitates an educational environment that builds motivation to succeed, which gains momentum and helps the boys to reach their full potential. Edgenuity is certified by COGNIA, the highest accrediting body for schools in the United States.

While the Edgenuity program is intuitive and self-paced, our own certified classroom teachers make sure that the boys keep up their coursework. They tutor, answer any questions, and give each student plenty of encouragement. Our teachers can see at a glance how well each student is progressing. Students who lag behind or are not understanding a certain topic are helped, but if they are falling behind as an act of rebellion, they may lose out on some on-campus privileges like special outings until they understand it is better to get caught up.

Heartland’s Spiritual Focus

Spiritual life is the cornerstone component of Heartland Boys Academy. We believe that ultimately Jesus Christ is the only answer for troubled teenagers from Montana. We are dedicated to introducing every student to a relationship with their Maker. We lead them toward their spiritual gifting and purpose in Christ.

Many Montana teenagers who come have moved away from their religious heritage or have never professed faith in Christ. Heartland offers an open environment for them to renew or gain their faith, perhaps for the first time. Godly character permeates every aspect of life at Heartland Boys Academy.

Where Adolescents from Montana, Can Receive Leadership Training

Besides helping capable students learn to apply themselves academically and spiritually, we offer specific leadership training to unleash the potential in each child. We teach teens to serve and love other people. Mission trips and community service events offer real life experience and application of the leadership principles taught at Heartland.

Changing the Negative with a Positive Peer Culture

Heartland acknowledges that adolescents and their parents in Montana, face enormous pressure from the culture. Teens are surrounded by a barrage of negative peer pressure. The Heartland plan for change is called Positive Peer Culture (PPC), which believes that teens can develop self-worth, significance, dignity, and responsibility only as they devote themselves to the positive values of helping and caring for others.

Where Adventure Therapy is Paramount

Adventure therapy is an important therapeutic feature of Heartland. We find that boys are more open to discussion and learning while participating in adventure activities, so we use those times to instill positive thinking and to improve their communication skills. It also helps improve their ability to work cooperatively with others.

Adventure therapy is a type of experiential therapy that uses challenging adventure activities to aid the therapeutic transformation. It is meant to contribute to character development. Every student is a part of our adventure program because of the valuable life skills that can be gained. We offer many kinds of adventure activities including camping, backpacking, rappelling, canoeing, swimming, hiking, hunting, and spelunking (cave exploration).

At therapeutic boarding school like Heartland, students get the opportunity to engage in many activities and new adventure experiences during their stay. Adventure therapy used at Heartland are where boys learn to listen, learn regulation skills, and push themselves to accomplish challenging fun tasks. The challenges the boys face through our adventure programming are designed to forge a more positive identity, build character, and develop a sense of accomplishment. Students do not just participate in the activity; they learn how to do it themselves. This is a therapy know as experiential learning.

Our staff are trained to manage the adventure program in a safe and effective way for boys from Montana. The same guides who live with students all week, building rapport and making connections, are then able to mentor the boys during their adventure activities.

Heartland Boys Academy is a campus teeming with healing and hope for boys from Montana. We have seen hundreds of at-risk and troubled teens transformed into hard-working, respectable young men. We help restore boys to their families; healthy, confident, and spiritually and academically on track. Call (888)300-2830 to learn more today, or contact us through our online inquiry form.

To discover how our Christ-centered adventure-based therapeutic boarding school program can lead your troubled teen toward life transformation. To learn more, please call or inquire online today.